John Calvin
John Calvin
John Calvinwas an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, aspects of which include the doctrine of predestination and the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. In these areas Calvin was influenced by the Augustinian tradition. Various Congregational, Reformed and Presbyterian churches, which look to Calvin as the chief expositor of their...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth10 July 1509
CountryFrance
Doctrine is not an affair of the tongue but of the life.
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone.
We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.
The most accomplished in the Scripture are fools, unless they acknowledge that they have need of God for their schoolmaster all the days of their life.
The only right stewardship is that which is tested by the rule of love.
It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.
The Gospel acts without threats... it teaches us about the supreme goodwill of God towards us.
The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.
Lawful worship consists in obedience alone.
Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves.
We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.